Tomato and Avocado Fruit Salad

By Loves Food Loves to Eat • October 2, 2009 • 0 Comments

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Author Notes: I love tomatoes, yet store bought tomatoes in Seattle are so flavorless that fruit is ashamed to claim them. It isn’t until you bite into a juicy, sweet, homegrown or heirloom tomato that you realize why they call it a fruit. Using heirloom tomatoes from the farmers market, and that other fruit-that’s-confused-as-a-vegetable, avocados, I made a simple but delicious fruit salad. The flavors of the 'traditional' sweet fruits meld perfectly with the tomatoes and avocados! - Loves Food Loves to Eat

Serves 2-4 as a meal, 4-6 as a side

2 large nectarines
1 large pink grapefruit (remove peel and seeds)
2 large heirloom tomatoes
1 large avocado
1.5 cups pitted, halved dark cherries
1 large navel orange (remove peel and seeds)
2 plums

Cut fruit into large chunks, and toss together with their juices. Enjoy salad on its own, topped with yogurt (honey flavored Greek, if you can find it), or, as I did the next day, on a whole wheat bagel with a schmear of cream cheese and a drizzle honey.